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Sudden urge to chew after tooth extraction. is this weird?
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Nope: Pressure receptors tend to inhibit pain receptors, so the pressure of the chewing helps alleviate the pain from the extraction.
Answered 4/22/2019
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It is normal: Avoid hard foods that require vigorous chewing or that have small pieces which could enter the surgical site and break the forming blood clot. Take care.
Answered 8/22/2014
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